Monthly Archives: August 2019

Coming in Time for Winter/Spring Classes: My New Book, Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy

August 22, 2019, 8:32 amElection MeltdownRick Hasen

As scooped in today’s Politico Playbook, I have a new book coming out, Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy. For those instructors who have assigned The Voting Wars in their courses in… Continue reading

“Democrats, citing GOP-imposed voting restrictions, aim to flip secretary of state offices in five states”

August 22, 2019, 8:19 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: The Democratic Association of Secretaries of State is launching an initiative to try to wrest control of those offices from Republicans, who the group claims have used their power to make it harder for certain demographics to vote.Buoyed… Continue reading

Nick Stephanopoulos to Harvard

August 22, 2019, 8:14 amelection law bizRick Hasen

Big move in the election law biz reported by Brian Leiter. Congrats Nick!

“Russian interference, 2020”

August 22, 2019, 8:05 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Axios reports.

“Political Machine of the 21st Century; The Trump Organization As Platform Capitalism”

August 22, 2019, 8:00 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Jeffrey Broxmeyer for Public Seminar.

“Mail-In Absentee Ballot Anomalies in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District”

August 22, 2019, 7:58 amabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

Michael Herron has written this article forthcoming in the Election Law Journal. Here is the abstract: The aftermath of the 2018 midterm election in North Carolina was marred by allegations of absentee ballot fraud in the state’s 9th Congressional District,… Continue reading

Ballot Measure Push Begins to Get Albuquerque, NM to Use Campaign Finance Vouchers

August 22, 2019, 7:44 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Details.

California Supreme Court Fast Tracks Litigation Over Whether New California Law Requiring Trump and Other Presidential Candidates to Produce Tax Returns to Run Violates State Constitution

August 21, 2019, 3:48 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

David Ettinger with the details. A finding that the provision violates the CA Constitution would moot the many federal lawsuits raising US Constitution challenges.

Derek Muller on Why the 10th Circuit’s Decision on Faithless Electors is Potentially Radical and Important (and Why the 10th Circuit en banc or SCOTUS Could Well Reverse on Procedural Grounds)

August 21, 2019, 3:43 pmelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Always read Derek on the Electoral College: In the latest of a string of faithless elector litigation arising from the 2016 presidential election, the 10th Circuit issued a decision finding that Colorado wrongly removed an elector pledged to support Clinton… Continue reading

“Republican Party of San Diego County launches ‘news’ website for political purposes”

August 21, 2019, 3:39 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

San Diego Union-Tribune: The San Diego County Republican Party recently launched a new political communications tool that looks like a local news website, albeit a politically right-leaning one.You wouldn’t know that Sandiegonewsdesk.com was a Republican Party product unless you read… Continue reading

Florida Joining ERIC

August 21, 2019, 11:35 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Gary Fineout thread starts here: BOOM@GovRonDeSantis says Fla will join multi-state partnership that will allow the state to flag duplicate registrations in other states.But it comes with a requirement that the state reach out to 4.2 million eligible… Continue reading

“Tenth Circuit Rules 2-1 that Presidential Elect[ors] May Not be Removed for Casting an Electoral College Vote for the “Wrong” Candidate”

August 21, 2019, 10:18 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

BAN: On August 20, the Tenth Circuit ruled 2-1 that presidential electors have the constitutional right to vote for anyone who meets the constitutional qualifications to be president. Baca v Griswold, 18-1173. This is the first time any court has… Continue reading

“The Cybersecurity 202: L.A. County voting system pits cybersecurity vs. disability advocates”

August 21, 2019, 7:58 amvoting technologyRick Hasen

WaPo: A new voting system in Los Angeles County is about to super-charge a debate about the balance between the cybersecurity of election systems and accessibility for people with disabilities.The L.A. system, which was custom-built over roughly a decade… Continue reading

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